The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
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MOTH CAROLINA.

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MOTH CAROLINA.
The damage to previous prospects in
ficted by the, July rains was not over.estl-
good rs at date of last report, though still
rating some over last year. Picking ID pro-
crossing rapidly, and there are nc prospects
Of any top crop. Light frosts IN several To-
~calities, but no damage resulting.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Dry, hot weather succeeding the heavy
rains of August, have lessened, and, in many
counties, destroyed prospects fol, a top crop,
ing has progressed much more rapidly than
last year. The yield is expected to exceed
that of 1886 considerably, though much
below y an ay ye13ags ie; me n auas1SHl Gf q ahe COTTON
GEORGIA.
With almost unbrokeu droQth. till the clos
ing lays of the month, September has been
unfavorable for growing cotton, but has en-
abled tarm sl1s to rapidly gather po,o me oe erGp,
than usual. 1t is estimated IN quite g mum.
Der of our reports that about two-thlrds OF
the crop has already been picked, and q large
| respondents report fruitage better than last
season, nearly three-fourths of them claim q
decided falling off, while nearlyal are agreed
ding has COZ tinued during the month, and in
some sections worms have been damaging.
The yield is not expected to equal last years.
, FLORIDA.
Dry, warm weather has enabled q rapid
gathering of the crop. amag has resulted
from rust and shedding, and in some sec
tons from worms. and though the plant is
not well boiled and is not expected to take on
any more fruit, the vel. Is estlmated az
about the same as last year.
ALABAMA
Fruitage has been disappointing since the
close OF July, and the hot dry weather has
caused loss from shedding, but the, middle
crop has turned ont well, particularly lp TIE
State is expected to fully equal, II not ex-
coed, that of last year. Storms have dam
aged the quality Of the cotton in SECTIONS.
r Very small prospects for a top crop. Worms
have inflicted damage in localities.
The damage from shedding and rust con-
tinued during September very generally,
and, as a consequence, our correspondents
with scarcely an exception, report the plant
as poorly boiled and no expectation OF further
srli age. The weather has generally been
favorable fo~rgpicking, though heavy rains
opality of the cotton. While in one or two
cases the yield is thought to be better than
last season, neGJly all reports indicate a de-
cided decrease, In many instances a mar ksd
reduction, as compared with 1880 n
crop is being rapidly gathered.
MISSISSIPPI.
As has generally been the Vase in other
States, the past month, the wesSher has been
propitiogs for gathering Tie crop, b At not 20 to to
has been done in certain nelghborhoods by
the worm, while rust and shedding have pre-
vailed geneIally. Scarcely any OF our CORE;
spondents expect any further frultage; still
the plant is fairly boiled and the anticipated
| yield is in excess of that of last season. This
! is more particularly the case through the
central portions of the State. Picking Ii
making rapid Roadway.
LOUISIANA.
This State seems to have, suffered more
, from depreciation by worms than other sec
/ lions, still the free use of poison did much
to sop their rayage e. Dry not o. T nsonEh mas mas
picking has made much Roadway. Ihe plant
is considered to be fairly fruited, but the eX-
: pectstion of any top crop is exceptional.
\ doing better, and the anticipated result for
the State at large is about the same ss last
. year.
r The August damage was too great for any
4 outcome to the crop, save under, perhaps,
o most favorable circumstances, and this has
: not been the case during the past month;
Dry, warm weather has prevailed IN most
5 counties, enabling an early gathering OF the
n crop: while the rains in other sections were
g productive of no good, but proved, on the
, contrary, a drawback. Worms have done
{ some harm, but drouth, rust and, shedding
have been the principal causes OF damage.
The plant is by no means well or even fairly
boiled, and no more fruitage is expeetet.
The yield viii be short OF last seasons. y
TEXAS.
No Weather conditions, except in the north
west. have on the whole been rather favor
able. but the worms nave inflicted such dam
10 age to the top crop that August expectations
q in that section cannot be realized under an
circumstances, and there VIII be very llttlt
q made from this on. In the localities yisites
by the storm of last fall the yield, though
short. ia expected to be bettersthan last sea
w SON, but in the State at large o conslderabl
1 reduction ie reported.
If Services i'm Memory of John b. Finch
u NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-services were held a
Chickering Hall to-day in memory of Johl
3. Finch, the temperance advocate and hea'
of the Society OF Grand Templars, who's
funeral took place this afternoon a
o Evanston, I'll. The STAGE vacant chair an
a portrait Of Finch were draped In mourning
Rev. DR.. Federwell offered prayer. Eule
I, CYSTIC speeches were made by Jos. A. Be
gardus, president of the Board Of Manager
he of the American Temperance Union. Re-
of DIR, Theodore +. Cuyler, president OF th
Il National Temperance Society: Cen. Clinic
n L q Of d. t. Of New York: Col. B. S. Cheyil
grand chief templar, ]. o. OF CT. OF heT
&c lucky; Mrs. Mary Burt, president. OF til
New York State Woman's Christian Tempe
a. ance Union, and others.
" A New Organization Of Union Veteran
lis CHICAGO, Oct. GA preliminary meetin
to organize a command in Chicago in the 81
ciety of veterans of the regular army an
al navy was held last evening in Grand Arm
Hall, and a permanent organization may
sd effected soon. The association, besides D.
neyolent features similar TO the g. A. H., u